“I found my daughter. I seen what she looked like. She was horrible. And I know that people at night are looking at it,” Ronald Wimmer said.

Because Facebook is a not-for-profit community bulletin board, it’s protected by a 1996 law, The Communications Decency Act, that gives the social networking giant immunity. The Wimmers’ attorney said what Facebook did was wrong.

That statement is completely and utterly asinine. That’s like saying Johannes Gutenberg is responsible for anyone who has ever committed libel using the medium of the printed page.

The dirtbag who took the photos and posted them is the one who is legally and morally liable. Facebook is only named in the suit because of their deep pockets (yet, this story refers to Facebook as “non-profit”…really?!?).

What would be reason to post those pictures,that is totallly disrespect to the family. Does Facebook have any rules of what can and cannot be posted ? What the hell was the paramedic thinks of. Would he like one of his family members display on social site like that.

When a “Cracka Nation” page was created on Facebook, they took it down immediately. SOmeone posted it again, they took it down again. When some one created a Draw Muhammad page, they took it down immediately, and so on; however, they left up a F#*k the Troops page Facebook did nothing, and now this. What the article does not say is whether the photos and the page were taken down, and if they were, when.

If Facebook refused to take donw the page, yes, i believe there is a case; but if they took down the page upon learning of the photos, than I don’t think they have anything.

This suit I hate to say is about money. FaceBook did not publish the photo. I am sure once they where notified they even removed it.

Sue the people responsible. The law will be on the side of FaceBook on this case and you are wasting their time and yours. It is all about getting press for you and your attorney by filling this suit. Your attorney either does know or should know he has no case with FaceBook. The attorney should be sanctioned for his actions.

I feel sorry for what happen to your daughter but don’t lash out like this and make yourself look like a money grubbing fool.

Why is the story referring to N.Y.P.D. Emergency Service Unit Police Officer Mark Musarella (pictured in his E.S.U. uniform) as an “E.M.T.” or a “Paramedic”? He may have had those certifications, but he is a police officer.

You are an idiot. You probably have no friends of your own, and spend all day in your Mom’s basement trolling the internet to make comments like you just posted. I use Facebook; I am NOT a child molester. I have a life, I have friends, I have a good job. Most in my family use Facebook as well; but I guess my sister is a child molester, so is my Dad, so is my boss at work, so are all of my friends, right?

Honestly, the only LOSER here is you; you obviously have no life. In fact, it is probably YOU that is more likely to be a child molester, since you are so quick to try and deflect the light so it will ‘shine’ on someone else….

That’s silly. Seriously, if you feel it’s an invasion of privacy, sue the person who violated your rights, not the company that allowed him to do so. That’s like suing the Department of Transportation because someone committed a crime on THEIR roads.

But props to the EMT for promoting transparency. Perhaps Facebook was not the proper venue, but that kind of gruesome gore should be available for all to see. It helps cut down some of the media glorification of violence, and I think it sends a more realistic message to kids than television or movies.

i fail to see how facebook is to blame? they provide a place for people to post stuff. people post stuff. do they have a policy to police all the stuff that is posted? i understand that they will take down some things that are reported as offensive. that seems fair enough. is it their job to search for, and then make a determination on, offensive material? seems like it would restrict material unnecessarily.
i understand the pain of the family, but this feels like a deep pockets move….

Facebook needs to pay millions for it’s vicious and heartless behavior. The facebook operatives cannot hide behind their positions, in fact they should be sued separately and additionally for their callus behavior, and for their trying to hide behind facebook’s fake position of irresponsibility. Just as everything is always somewhere, even if we cannot find it, responsibility is always there even if facebook and Hollywood seek to evade their responsibilities.

I don’t think the family is trying to profit from this as much as trying to force Facebook to have some standards so that some other family doesn’t have to suffer the same fate. I certainly wouldn’t want a photo like that published if it were my family member.

I couldn’t agree more, and I would be very outspoken about how Facebook’s right to do this should be protected.

I would then make sure everyone possible knew that Facebook gloried death with their God given freedom placing “placed advertising ads” on the internet.

And Facebook’s paid for placement ads suck so you would naturally only place with sites that are relevant.

Poor commercia performance combined with a ghoulishly matter of fact attitude about a young lady who was most likely a Facebook fan or user is not the kind of service advertisers want to do business with. Unless they eat puppies. then all bets are off.

With all due respect (definitely ALL) you’re making use right now of an option much like you’re denigrating. I have NO sympathy for the jerk who posted the photos, but yours is nothing but a cheap shot.

I think CBS New York should learn to spell. I) It’s “grisly,” not “grizzly,” when you’re talking about blood rather than bears. 2) It’s not “reign in,” it’s “rein in,” as in slowing down a horse by pulling in its reins.

This is truly an extreme example of disgusting and unprofessional conduct from the paramedic.
He personally should face any penalty the law allows.
Facebook however is not libel in my opinion.
Facebook was created for 2 purposes.
1 generate a profit, as all business’s do
2 provide an exceptional service, Evidenced by the bazillions of users
It is what it is, one big bulletin board. Lets be careful not to condemn a truely remarkable social media based on the small percentage of less than honorable users.
My thoughts and prayers go out to that girls father, I would be inconsolable.
God bless

There is no way Facebook can screen all of the millions of photos every day. I also can’t see how the EMT was arrested. What he did was extreme bad taste but not a crime. I could see him get fired if this was against job regulations but a crime??

This happens everywhere. Before parents or family memebers are notified of the demise of loved ones, insensitive people snap and post pictures. It is a big complaint in our area. The local law inforcement say they cannot properly and by law notify families because it is already posted on facebook. Especially horrific automobile wrecks.

We need to shut down the internet for all intents and purposes. Email should be administered by the USPS but only with positive ID and a small fee. Gov domains could remain but no others. My heart goes out to this family and the countless others whose lives have been ruined by Facebook. Facebook kills.

Yeah…GREAT idea….eliminate constitutionally protected free speech. You DO realise that you wouldnt be able to read or post to this story if the internet was shut off. Seems I heard of a certian president that wants to do the same thing…you didnt vote for the Kenyan-in-chief did you?

These were taken down because someone saw them and reported them. Facebook has a link to do this, if this photo was reported as inappropriate it would be removed. There is no possible way any company could review each of the millions of photos posted daily.

Yes sue Facebook. They should also sue the Internet for allowing this material to be posted to the World Wide Web. Since Al Gore created the internet he should be the one who gets sued. They could also sue portals to the internet, Microsoft Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. My comment is absurd as this lawsuit.

If Facebook does not wish to set guidelines as to what is appropriate for people to post then perhaps they should be forced to set a minimum age of 18 and display a notice upon entering the site of the possibility of encountering inappropriate, maybe even graphic, photos.

First off the isn’t a freedom of speech issue since the government isn’t forcing Facebook to remove pictures. As far as Facebook being non profit that is nice but it’s still valued in excess of 30 million. I would agree that Facebook should be sues only if they failed to remove pictures immediately after notification of those graphic photos. To repeat, Facebook is a private entity so they can restrict whatever content they wish.

Absolutely NOT. Facebook cannot control (nor should they) everything that gets posted. This action was perpetrated by one man and he has been punished. Justice served. The scene would have been shown trial. My sincere condolences to the family. Truly callous behavior by EMT.

yes facebook should share the punishment,the person who posted the pictures is an idiot,I mean what was he thinking?,Facebook should set guidelines and rules on what is an appropriate post,there are young children using Facebook they see everything an adult sees.I use Facebook on occasion because it seems like one of the only ways to keep in touch with family,personally I don’t need it, I think it’s a complete waste of time.And I’m glad I didn’t see the photo.My deepest sympathy goes out to Carolines family,it’s just a horrible thing.

your an idiot…how is facebook going to monitor every picture posted? If they refused to take it down once they were notified, totally different story, but as soon as they were made aware, they removed it. If you have a method on how they can screen the millions of photos posted per day, I’m, sure they would be more than happy to hear it.

“A bill will be introduced in Albany later this week, attempting to reign in the broad immunity Facebook currently enjoys.”

What?? Broad immunity? What the heck does that mean? Facebook committed no crime. No crime. Zero crime. The analogy to the jewelry store is idiotic. Yes, it’s terrible that the paramedic did this, but how is it Facebook’s fault? I’m sure they removed the image once they were made aware.

What’s next? Close down Smith and Wesson because someone got murdered using one of their guns? Shut down GM if someone gets hit by a car and dies?

facebook should never have posted the pictures. there should have been more of a punishment the the ex-emt, a disgrace to his profession, and well his colleagues are to be rid of him. there was no redeeming value to the crime scene photo of a murder victim to going viral. spare me any remote reference to freedom of speech/expression. tho it’s hard to prove in some jurisdictions, emotional distress comes to mind as one way to go after facebook and musarella. this is not one of those “right to know” events. justice for the deceased and her family!